Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

much excitement in that State.
THE old Harriet Beecher Stowe house in
Andoyer, Mass, in which the famous
authoress wrote "Uncle Toms Cabin, was
burned on the night of the 26th.
ASSISTANT CASHIER incline, OF the
Treasury, left Washington for Cincinnati
on the 26th, with force Of clerks, to ex-
anime the condition of the sub-treasury of
that city.
ROBERT SCHROEDER has been deposed
from the presidency of the Buffalo
Brewers Union on account of his social
istic tendencies. He is a cigar-maker and
saloon-keeper.
1t is announced that John Taylor, presi-
dent of the Mormon Church, died on the
evening of the 25th.
TWENTY cows were killed on the
farms of Tukahee, Westchester County, N.
Y, on the 26th. They were sick with
pleuro-pneumonia. Seventeen head of cat
tie at New Brunswick and one at New
Helghtstown were also ordered to be
killed.
MILE. VIOLA, a four-horse equestrienne
of Barrett's circus, fell from her horse at
Wahpeton, OAK, on the 25th, and sus-
tanned serious injuries. 1t is said, being
upbraided for carelessness by the man
ager, she took poison. She is reported dead.
JOSEPH F. SMITH, nephew of the prophet
Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, will
probably succeed John Taylor as president
of the Mormon church, but the question of
succession will not be settled for several
months yet.
DR.. THOMAS L. CRUZ, who about ten
years ago was house surgeon of Belleville
IN. W hospital, is now an inmate of the
insane pavilion Of that institution from
excessive use of opium. He is between
thirty-five and forty years of age.
THE Comptroller of the Currency, havin0
received information that the Henrietta
National Bank of Henrietta, Tex, has sus-
pended, has directed the State Bank Ex-
aminer to take charge of its affairs and to
report promptly the result of his examine
ton.
In the case of the Traders and Travel
ers' Union against the Philadelphia g.
Reading Railroad Company, the Inter
State Commerce Commission decided that
it had no jurisdiction and dismissed the
complaint. The case involves the free
transportation of extra baggage.
A MYSTERIOUS murder occurred near the
fair grounds at Concordia, Kas., on the
night of the 25th. The victim was VIM.
Terbush, SON of horse-trader who resides
in Clay Center. No clew to the murderer,
and no reasonable conjecture as to the mo-
tive.
THE President has accepted an invita-
ton to visit Kansas City.
The wife of Wilson Barrett, the actor,
died ON the 9th.
A TELEGRAPH jubilee dinner was given
at London ON the night of the 9th.
IT is claimed the Crown Prince of Ger
many is improving.
THE sixth anniversary meeting of the
National Temperance Society opened at
Ocean Grove, n. j., on the 9th, to continue
five days.
1T is said the Irish League will not be
proclaimed until Parliament adjourns.
F. c. MCMILLEN has been appointed re-
ceiver of the United Carbon Companies,
and this marks the collapse of the combi-
nation.
THE Porte has dismissed the Turkish re-
serves which have for some time past been
held in readiness to answer the demands
of an emergency.
AMONG the passengers who sailed from
New York for Europe on the steamer Ger
manic on the 9th was Governor John S.
Marmaduke, of Missouri.
BOYS at play in Clinton, Ia, on the 9th,
set fire to a barn in thickly settled part
of the city. The Baptist Church and four
residences were destroyed, and half
dozen other structures were badly DAM
aged. The loss is about So, 900, only part
ly insured.
THE Bulgarian regents have proclaimed
amnesty to Bulgarian offenders who have
taken refuge in Turkey, except those who
are charged with criminal acts.
The block occupied by the Humphrey
Bros. Hardware Company, A. w. Jansen,
furniture, and others, at Lincoln, Neb.,
was destroyed by fire ON the 9th. Losses
aggregate $685. 600; partially insured.
ELIHU E. JACKSON was nominated for
Governor of Maryland by the Democratic
convention on the 9th.
AT Baker City, Ore, on the 9th, Sheriff
Smith arrested Andrew Hamilton, alias
Dick Crayton, for a murder committed in
Pike County, ILL.,, in 1875. The arrest was
made on a requisition from Governor
Oglesby.
A COMMITTEE has been appointed at
Rome to elaborate a scheme to establish a
Catholic university in America, and a con-
ference will be held on August Z, to decide
upon its location.
A PASSENGER train north collided with a
freight train south at Foxbury, Pa, on the
9th, killing w. d. Jones, OF Pittsburgh, a
passenger, and injuring several other pas
sengers.
THE Riverside Iron and Steel works at
Cincinnati, w. P. Harris, superintendent,
and A. l.. P. Gasre, secretary, have assign
ed to John s. Corners. Liabilities 100000.
SENATOR SHERMAN got his Endorsement
from the Ohio Republicans at the State
convention, without opposition.
Two pleasure yachts were capsized off
the English coast on the 28th, and ten
people were drowned.
GEORGE ADAMS, of Mexico, Mo-, has
sued the Wabash Western railway for
$40 600 for personal injuries,
GENERAL BoULANGER wants to fight q
duel with M. Ferry.
AN accident on the Baltimore & Ohio
railway, near Cumberland, Md, on the
2Sth, killed an engineer and fireman.
THE United States war ship Ossipee was
aground for over an hour off the coast of
Nova Scotia ON the 2Sth. She was not
seriously injured.
THE site was selected on the 2sth at Chill
licothe, No., for the State Industrial Home
for Girls.
BRITISH detectives searched the baggage
of Congressman Collins and accompany
ing friends at Dublin on the 2Sth. The
Americans were suspected" of being
dynamiters.
A COVERED wagon was run into by
train on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Ridgewood Station, Pa, on the 18th, and
four persons were killed. They were
Amanda Fritz, aged thirty-two, and Het-
tie Fritz and her two children, aged
eighteen and three months, respectively.
JOHN H. GLEASON, of West Troy, N. Y,
has been debarred from practice before the
Interior Department.
SIXTY longshoremen employed on the
National Line docks, at New York, struck
on the 2Sth because the company had EN-
ployed non union men to do night work.
The company thereupon discharged all its